Don Mann is one of the reputed authors from America, who has written a number of noteworthy books in his writing career. He is particularly famous for writing novels based on military thriller as well as nonfiction genres. Author Don has himself served in the military before becoming an author. He was known to a decorated Corpsman, combat veteran, survival instructor, Special Operations Technician in SEAL, and much more. Author Don remained as a member of the SEAL Team Six for a period of 17 years. Don is also known to be a competitive racer. He had once reached the 38th rank across the world in triathlon competitions. Author Don started his writing career in the year 2001 with the publication of one of his nonfiction books. However, his first novel got published in the year 2012. Over the course of his writing career, he wrote many adventure and military thriller books. A few of them have gone on to become national and New York Times bestsellers. Author Don was born on October 15, 1957. Don is popular for giving extremely motivating and compelling presentations in his novels that have inspired many professionals and business leaders all across the globe. The unique lessons and stories that he shares in his books are derived from his own action-packed and colorful service in the military. He has also shared his experiences of competing in the grueling competitions in the world. The writing career of author Don consists of a total of 11 books.

The SEAL Team Six, of which he was a member, is regarded as a synonym to heroism, justice, and duty, throughout America. In order to become one of them, author Don had gone through a grueling and legendary selection procedure. Only then he was able to become a part of the bravest and bravest SEALs of the United States Navy. During his service in the military, Don learned what it means to have brother-like partners in the team. He considers himself fortunate to have gotten the opportunity to work in a number of covert operations, on land, air, as well as sea. Throughout his time as a Navy SEAL, he faced numerous shootings, stabbings, and decapitations. Don even got captured and fought it out to come out alive. On the whole, he participated in classified missions throughout the world, including Panama, Colombia, Somalia, Iraq, El Salvador, and Afghanistan. These missions taught him great lessons about life that he has shared in his books. After his retirement, he was involved in the training and shaping of the SEALs for carrying out Osama bin Laden’s assassination as well as a few other operations. Author Don says that in order to become a Navy SEAL, he had to overcome troubling times during his childhood. He has described the state of his mental and physical toughness at that time that helped him get past all the obstacles and emerge as a winner every time. His high class training programs even helped him to win various competitive races all over the world. Author Don has obtained a Master’s degree in Management from the Troy University, Troy, a B.S. from the Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, as well as a B.S. from New York University in the subject of Liberal Science. Currently, he lives in Cape Charles, Virginia. Don has won numerous awards in various athletic events worldwide. Nowadays, he is more involved in writing novels and giving survival techniques training to the civilians.

The SEAL Team Six series written by author Don Mann consists of a total of 6 books that were published between the years 2011 and 2016. One of the initial books released in this series is titled as ‘Hunt the Scorpion’. It was published in the year 2012 by the Mulholland Books. The story depicted in the book features the chief protagonist named Thomas Crocker, who undergoes another action packed and adventurous mission along with his team of U.S. Navy SEALs. At the start of the opening scene, it is shown that a nuclear weapon disappears and ends up in the hands of the deadly terrorists. In order to prevent the terrorists from using the nuclear device to cause destruction as well as recover the device, the U.S. Navy appoints its bravest anti-terrorism unit, the Navy SEALs. Thomas Crocker once again leads his SEAL Team to fight against the terrorist and help save the world once again from terrorist threats. Author Don has once again given an actual insight as well as the heart pounding action in the book. With the detailed description about the mode of operation of the SEALs, the readers are taken inside the bravest combat unit on earth. They are also taken for an action packed ride by author Don through his own style of description of a military thriller novel.

Another book initially published in the series is titled as ‘Hunting the Falcon’. This novel was also released by the Mulholland publication in the year 2013. At the start of the book, author Don has shown that undertaking grave and dangerous missions is no strange thing for Thomas Crocker and his Navy SEALs. But this time things become personal as the Iranian terrorist whom Thomas and his squad are trying to catch is the same person who abducted his wife a few months ago. This terrorist is called the Falcon, who is involved in stealing nuclear material from Libya as well as making plans to attack America. Thomas’ hunt for the Falcon takes him and his squad to Caracas from Bangkok. In the meantime, Crocker’s father, who was estranged with him reappears again and forces him to think about his life outside of the SEAL operations. But, Thomas knows that it is easier said than done as his job requires him to be ready for duty calls 365 days a year. Once again author Don has given a description of Navy SEAL operation in a relentless action packed style. The highlight of this novel is the survival techniques used by Thomas and his men under captivity. In the end, the SEALs take the fight against terrorism to the doorstep of the Falcon in Iran and emerge victorious once again. Author Don again received wide appreciations for his dedicated efforts in describing the real life situations in the novel. The motivation and encouragement that he gained from the success of the earlier books of the series helped him to write down a few more books in the series before going on to write some other novels in his career.

With the latest book in the Gray Man series by Mark Greaney coming out soon, we wanted to make the very first book in the series our book of the month.

Greaney is an incredible author and if you love the "lone badass" type of books then you will LOVE the Court "Gray Man" Gentry series. Read more about it.

Featured Series

It might seem like overkill, but we're giving The Gray Man series our featured series of the month.

Honestly this is such a great series and we feel not enough people read it so we want to push it. Read more about The Gray Man series and seriously if you haven't read it - start! Amazing thrillers.

Featured Author

Mark Greaney is an incredibly talented author. Not only does he write the Gray Man series however he also writes various Jack Ryan novels. Many feel he is the best writer of them and he truly is a great author. We're happy to award our author of the month to Mark Greaney.

Did You Know…

After graduating from Leesville Road High School in Raleigh in 1999, Andrew Britton joined the U.S. Army as a combat engineer. He stayed in the Army for three years and served in Korea.